Michigan

Grand Rapids boxer Quillin improves to 19-0

NEW YORK -- Peter Quillin improved to 19-0 after he endured the most rugged 50 seconds of his professional boxing career Wednesday night.

Quillin won a 10-round unanimous decision over Dionisio Miranda in an unremarkable over-the-limit middleweight bout, until just past the midpoint of the seventh round, when he was caught by a right uppercut.

Seconds later, Miranda (19-2-2), landed flush with a right hand and left hook, and Quillin retreated to the ropes, where he stayed for almost an entire minute, absorbing heavy shots from the hard-punching Colombian.

Quillin, a 24-year-old Grand Rapids native boxing out of Brooklyn, then bounced off the ropes with his own combination, fought back the last 30 seconds until the break, and controlled the final rounds much as he did the early ones.

Judge Waleska Roldan scored 97-93, while John McKaie and Frank Lombardi both had it 97-92.

There were no knockdowns in the ESPN2-televised bout at Hard Rock Times Square.

Miranda never had fought in the U.S., nor been past eight rounds.

Quillin expects to return to action Aug. 1 in a Showtime-televised bout.